2010 March Madness Wake Forest vs. Texas Picks & Predictions

Last Updated on March 18, 2010 7:06 pm by drew

Texas-Wake Pick

Once ranked No. 1 in the country,
Texas now opens NCAA Tournament play as a No. 8 seed when the Longhorns face Wake Forest Friday night at 9:35PM ET.

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These two teams are part of the East Regional and will battle it out at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana with the Longhorns holding the No. 8 seed and the Demon Deacons holding the No. 9 seed.
Oddsmakers from online sports book BroburySports.com have made
Texas 5-point favorites over

Wake
Forest on Thursday night. The over/under has been set at 146.

Texas is making is 24^th NCAA Tournament appearance and 12^th straight showing. After starting 17-0 to being the season, the Longhorns are now 24-9 and 9-7 in the Big 12 Conference.

Texas scores 81.2 points per-game, which ranks 7^th nationally, and the Longhorns give up 69.7 points per-game, which ranks 189^th in the country.

Texas has been led this season by Damion James, who averages 18 points and 10.4 rebounds per-game. Avery Bradley and Dexter Pittman each score over 10.5 points per-game for

Texas as well.

Wake
Forest is making its 22^nd NCAA Tournament appearance. The Demon Deacons appeared last year, but lost in the first round. The Demon Deacons are 19-10 overall and 9-7 in the ACC. Wake averages 73 points per-game, which ranks 81^st in the country while the Demon Deacons give up 68.5 points per-game, which ranks 162^nd. Al-Farouq Aminu averages 15.7 points and 10.7 rebounds per-game to lead Wake while Ishmael Smith averages 13.3 points per-game and dishes out 6 assists per-contest.

Wake
Forest has been a team that has been labeled fraudulent for this tournament, as they have lost five of the last six games they have played.

Texas has struggled late in the year, but the Longhorns have still been competitive and seem to be the better team. We like

Texas in this game and the over.

Our NCAA Tournament Free Pick for this matchup is:
TEXAS -5 and UNDER 146
March Madness Betting Trends
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of

Wake
Forest‘s last 5 games

Wake
Forest is 7-3 ATS in its last 10 games

Wake
Forest is 15-8 SU in its last 23 games

Wake
Forest is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games

The total has gone OVER in 4 of

Texas‘s last 5 games

Texas is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games

March Madness Injury Report


TEXAS

[G] 11/25/2009 – Varez Ward out for season ( Quad ) 

[G/F] 01/15/2010 – Shawn Williams out for season ( Ankle ) 

[G] 02/22/2010 – Dogus Balbay out for season ( Knee ) 

WAKE
FOREST

[G] 12/12/2009 – Konner Tucker left the team ( Personal ) 
March Madness Game Odds
Wake
Forest Demon Deacons +5 Over 146

Texas Longhorns -5 Under 146
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Posted: 3/18/10 7:06PM ET